---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 551.201"
title: "5"
number: "551.201"
heading: "Agency authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/551.201"
---

# §551.201. Agency authority.


The employing agency must review and make a determination on each employee's exemption status.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 72 FR 52765, Sept. 17, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542(c); Sec. 4(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended by Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 55 (29 U.S.C. 204f). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 48238, July 31, 2026.